Non-spherical bodies
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorThomas D. Ketcham
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Abstract
Non-spherical bodies having a circular cross-section that is 0.5-200 microns in diameter and that are longer than the cross-sectional diameter, and a method of making such bodies by reshaping non-spherical bodies. The method comprises positioning a monolayer of unsintered, deformable, spherical bodies between smooth facing surfaces on two flat formers, and applying a mild shearing force to at least one of the formers.
Claims9
A non-spherical, inorganic body deformed from a spherical shape to have a shape selected from the group consisting of a cylindrical rod and a barrel-shape, the body having a uniform circular cross-section and rounded, smooth ends, each of which approximates a section of a sphere, the diameter of the circular cross-section being at least 0.5 microns, but less than 200 microns, and the length of the body being greater than the diameter of the circular cross-section.
A non-spherical, inorganic body deformed from a spherical shape to have a shape selected from the group consisting of a cylindrical rod and a barrel-shape, having a uniform circular cross-section, having a length greater than the diameter of the cross-section, and being a reshaped spherical body of 0.5 to 200 microns diameter.
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